code: def _path_to_unicode(x):
      if not isinstance(x, text_type):
          return x.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
      return x
  
file_path: catboost/contrib/python/atomicwrites/py3/atomicwrites/__init__.py
imports: import contextlib
  import io
  import os
  import sys
  import tempfile
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _path_to_unicode(x) and returns: x, x